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nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give policy r.t. tel aviv earlier israeli academic miri eisin told my colleague kevin owen the general assembly's decision puts the whole peace process under threat. the majority of israelis including this government by the way have stated clearly that they'd like to see palestine independent and both of us understand that there is a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is just the state that's here let's do this hand in hand without negotiations without us as a partner to do a one sided to impose it on israel and they feel the strong need to give a response as an israeli i can say that has to do with domestic politics personally i don't necessarily adhere to that stop i think you've heard a lot of criticism here in israel in linking it in such a way but that is also about politics but of
nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give policy r.t. tel aviv earlier israeli academic miri eisin told my colleague kevin owen the general assembly's decision puts the whole peace process under threat. the majority of israelis including this government by the way have stated clearly that they'd like to see palestine independent and both of us understand...
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country in dimona what we're hearing now is a resolution that has been overwhelmingly passed by the united nations general assembly and this calls on israel to quickly open its nuclear facilities to international and inspectors from the international atomic energy agency the resolution was passed with one hundred seventy four in favor six against and six abstentions and essentially it's calling on israel to join in the non proliferation nuclear treaty not as of yet it is off for countries who do have nuclear arms but who are not recognized by this nonproliferation proliferation treaty these resolutions of the united nations are not legally binding but they are important because they reflect world opinion and they certainly carry political weight so this is something that will make tel aviv sit up and take notice what we've witnessed ever since the palestinians went to the united nations last week and were recognized with increased status is a strong reaction from the israeli government the israeli prime minister netanyahu or not that he was approving some three thousand new sick who are in
country in dimona what we're hearing now is a resolution that has been overwhelmingly passed by the united nations general assembly and this calls on israel to quickly open its nuclear facilities to international and inspectors from the international atomic energy agency the resolution was passed with one hundred seventy four in favor six against and six abstentions and essentially it's calling on israel to join in the non proliferation nuclear treaty not as of yet it is off for countries who...
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quite simply one of our nation's finest public servants. >> rose: today the united states face as wave of foreign policy challenges, including the pressing question of how to respond to the potential use of chemical weapons by the assad government in syria, the government warned him of the consequence conditions consequences he could expect. >> i want to make it clear to assad and those under his command the world is watching, the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. and if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable. >> rose: i am pleased to have bob gates back at this table. welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: so what are you doing since you left government? >> well, i am working on a book, a mental with a of my time under presidents bush and obama as secretary of defense, and doing some speaking but staying as far from washington, d.c. as i can. >> rose: when you look at writing a book, i mean, how hard is that for you to take the time anand think of all of the events and make sure that
quite simply one of our nation's finest public servants. >> rose: today the united states face as wave of foreign policy challenges, including the pressing question of how to respond to the potential use of chemical weapons by the assad government in syria, the government warned him of the consequence conditions consequences he could expect. >> i want to make it clear to assad and those under his command the world is watching, the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally...
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instead of uniting the nation mohamed morsi is addressing is to divide it even further but dr wanted fun is a counterterrorism advisor to the u.s. congress says that despite the opposition's determination to make morsi back down he has a strong chance of keeping the new powers he's handed himself. the country is clearly split but mr morsi is strong because he has many institutions under his control the parliament the presidency the upper layer of the army now has replaced many officers and his calculations on december the fifteenth he would win because the most organized force now in egypt at least for the next few months is the muslim brotherhood and their allies the salafist gotten a majority in the parliament with allies of course they've got the president elected with allies and now some of his allies have abandoned him but they don't have the strength to organize and reach out to citizens the way the muslim brotherhood have so this looks like a recipe for a long. civil uprising against the government i am not sure that this is going to go immediately into what people think could
instead of uniting the nation mohamed morsi is addressing is to divide it even further but dr wanted fun is a counterterrorism advisor to the u.s. congress says that despite the opposition's determination to make morsi back down he has a strong chance of keeping the new powers he's handed himself. the country is clearly split but mr morsi is strong because he has many institutions under his control the parliament the presidency the upper layer of the army now has replaced many officers and his...
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iran has refused access to the united nations special rapporteur on human rights for for several years now. september 2011 the u.n. general submitted a report in which he said he was deeply troubled by reports of increased numbers of executions come amputations, arbitrary arrest and detention, unfair trials, torture and ill-treatment in a crackdown on human rights activists, lawyers, an opposition that exists. just to draw one prefix ample from the weeks news, there is actually a guess what qualifies in iran briefly is good news, a well-known human rights lawyer ended her 49 day hunger strike on december 4th. her name is nazarene to show day. she has been imprisoned in prison since 20 tenanted machine had imposed a travel ban on her has been an-year-old daughter, sushi was on a hunger strike for 49 days and has actually stopped the hunger strike amid an indication they will risk the travel ban. so the victories are a small and hard won and the news is relentlessly negative. but it comes at an interesting moment vote for iran, which has parliamentary elections next june, typically durin
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because they went to the united nations. they went unilaterally to the united nations. this was a unilateral action. we pulled out from the gaza unilaterally, we didn't ask their permission, we just did it. >> rose: some people argue that what ought to has been, i think barak has argued this and others that if you can't find somebody to bargain with, go ahead and create two states. >> well, barak was repeating what i proposed. six and a half years ago you will recall i'm sure that i said i will negotiate with the palestinians. if i reach an agreement with them, better. if i don't reach an agreement with them i would have then implemented a solution on the unilateral basis and i called it the convergence plan. this was the plan that i discussed first time that i came to america as a prime minister and i met with president george bush. he was very curious about this plan and i said don't worry, i don't propose it because i want to avoid negotiations. i will doctor go for negotiations in the most serious manner in order to achieve peace and he was very helpful together wit
because they went to the united nations. they went unilaterally to the united nations. this was a unilateral action. we pulled out from the gaza unilaterally, we didn't ask their permission, we just did it. >> rose: some people argue that what ought to has been, i think barak has argued this and others that if you can't find somebody to bargain with, go ahead and create two states. >> well, barak was repeating what i proposed. six and a half years ago you will recall i'm sure that i...
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why did president obama go before the united nations general assembly and six times make reference to a video when it was not the cause of an al qaeda terrorist attacks, so the american people want answers in an open setting and we are glad that secretary clinton will appear before us. >> is this the only committee she will testify before . will she talk with others. >> in our conversation with department of state it is it clear that the secretary will testify before our house committee and septemberor kerry foreign relations committee and those will be the only two committee hearings in which she will there might be other closed briefings. we have had enough closed brivings. i think the families of brave americans deserve answers and the american people need to be told the truth because what we want is not just a rehash the past but in the future make sure our posts guarded and the host government knows their penalties for the embassy and make sure there are indication of attack, we are taking pressures not to have them be open targets but we will shelter them and protect them. that
why did president obama go before the united nations general assembly and six times make reference to a video when it was not the cause of an al qaeda terrorist attacks, so the american people want answers in an open setting and we are glad that secretary clinton will appear before us. >> is this the only committee she will testify before . will she talk with others. >> in our conversation with department of state it is it clear that the secretary will testify before our house...
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with me now former deputy assistant for national security affairs stephan united yates and fox news analyst colonel david hunt. all right. let me go to stephan yates. where is stephan? stephan is right over here. >> hi, judge. >> hi. stephan, all right. let me ask you this, stephan. what we know so far is the possibility of this chemical weapon being used. how will we know if this is the kind of thing that is being used against our people? we just heard from dr. garnerrer. but is there a way for us militarily to know if it's coming at us? >> >> well, i think we would have to rely on intelligence. with this syria problem in particular we have known for a very linger time their possession of these chemical weapons capabilities. and so really what we have is a profound problem of lost time. entry had a civil war ongoing for twoers i don't. the president has called for assad to go. we have known for a very long time that this challenge could be coming. with syria as a state sponsor of terrorism and massive proliferation risk we won't have that much warning when something like this comes. >> and
with me now former deputy assistant for national security affairs stephan united yates and fox news analyst colonel david hunt. all right. let me go to stephan yates. where is stephan? stephan is right over here. >> hi, judge. >> hi. stephan, all right. let me ask you this, stephan. what we know so far is the possibility of this chemical weapon being used. how will we know if this is the kind of thing that is being used against our people? we just heard from dr. garnerrer. but is...
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jonathan hunt has more on that from the united nations here in new york. jonathan, quite a debate about the asylum question for assad. and the question is the question is whether president bashar assad has taken the final decision to as he once said live and die in syria. if he does die, it's most likely to be, of course, at the hands of the rebels when they make their final push into the center of damascus, a push which most experts believe is coming. all whether president assad might now be willing to or trying to seek asylum in some friendly country. that would probably boil down to cuba, ecuador venezuela or russia. u.n. secretary general was asked about the asylum question today he did not seem to favor the idea. listen. >> the united nations must not allow any impunity whoever commits gross violation of human rights must be held accountable and should be brought to justice. >> that sentiment was echoed by officials at the u.s. state department who said there has to be, quote: accountability. the counter argument to that is that perhaps anything that
jonathan hunt has more on that from the united nations here in new york. jonathan, quite a debate about the asylum question for assad. and the question is the question is whether president bashar assad has taken the final decision to as he once said live and die in syria. if he does die, it's most likely to be, of course, at the hands of the rebels when they make their final push into the center of damascus, a push which most experts believe is coming. all whether president assad might now be...
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sounds like a kind of futuristic scenario but you're saying that if you just already have i mean the united states national security agency has been doing this for some thirty twenty years but now it's spread to even mid-size nations even gadhafi libya was employing illegal system which is produced by french company amasis. push there in two thousand and nine advertised in its internal documentation as a nationwide interception system so so what's happened over the last ten years is. every decreasing cost of intercepting each individual now to the degree where is cheaper to intercept every individual than it is to pick particular people as possible and what's the what's the alternative this sort of utopian alternative that you would put forward that the token alternative is to try and gain independence for this for the internet to sort of clear independence versus the rest of the world and that's really quite important because if you think about what is human civilization that makes it into centrally human. and civilized it is our shared knowledge that intellectual knowledge is something we
sounds like a kind of futuristic scenario but you're saying that if you just already have i mean the united states national security agency has been doing this for some thirty twenty years but now it's spread to even mid-size nations even gadhafi libya was employing illegal system which is produced by french company amasis. push there in two thousand and nine advertised in its internal documentation as a nationwide interception system so so what's happened over the last ten years is. every...
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nations and what message are we sending to israel by abstaining yes we i think this message and we were actually forty one countries were abstaining so we have to them this position after many consultations also to have a certain line in europe only the czech republic was in favor of his vision and the reaction by i missed it and yell and others were very strong and unusually undiplomatic you could say just before his visit to berlin condemning the stand of germany and the fact that she foreign minister lieberman with some lame excuses did not come to berlin to meet his counterpart our foreign minister best develop also shows that the moment there are lots of tensions among the politicians in germany and in the east could there be a long term impact in that breakdown of relations. well we don't hope so we really made it very clear that we are totally against the continuing new settlements in the west bank and in jerusalem because this will definitely make the two state solution impossible because if this building so going on the west bank will be split into the access to jerusalem will
nations and what message are we sending to israel by abstaining yes we i think this message and we were actually forty one countries were abstaining so we have to them this position after many consultations also to have a certain line in europe only the czech republic was in favor of his vision and the reaction by i missed it and yell and others were very strong and unusually undiplomatic you could say just before his visit to berlin condemning the stand of germany and the fact that she foreign...
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nations. one senior government official here in seoul tells me that a motivation behind this rocket launch may also be domestic instability. the source says that kim jong-un's rule may not be as secure as previously thought. and this kind of rocket launch could deflect any attention from that. tom? >> as you may recall, the last launch there did not go very well at all. >>> next to gaza city, where after 45 years in exile, one of the founders of hamas, khalid meshaal, made a historic return today. the pomp and circumstance surrounding his visit underscored the organization's powerful influence among palestinians. cnn's fred pleitgen was there. >> reporter: he received a triumphal welcome when he entered gaza. tens of thousands of hamas fighters lined the street wearing ski masks and combat fatigues and flashing their weapons, including ak-47s and rocket-propelled grenades. the official reason why meshaal is here after never having been in gaza before is the 25th anniversary of the founding of
nations. one senior government official here in seoul tells me that a motivation behind this rocket launch may also be domestic instability. the source says that kim jong-un's rule may not be as secure as previously thought. and this kind of rocket launch could deflect any attention from that. tom? >> as you may recall, the last launch there did not go very well at all. >>> next to gaza city, where after 45 years in exile, one of the founders of hamas, khalid meshaal, made a...
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nations general assembly that just passed today grand pronouncements will soon see. and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed but washington's unflinching support for tel aviv has separated from some of its longtime allies in the un more and more countries are turning their back on decades of negotiations that have led nowhere what has changed has been the continual failure of the us controlled so-called peace process to lead to any kind of end to occupation and what i think was the catalyst here is that political pressure on other matters and on the palestinian authority from their own population from their own people who were saying you know what we've had twenty one years of failed diplomacy we're not looking for twenty two we want something different and that something means a real shift in policy first and foremost the consensus on the international stage is that israel needs to stop building settlements deemed illegal by the un and certainly be international community you know is a horse. a provocation w
nations general assembly that just passed today grand pronouncements will soon see. and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed but washington's unflinching support for tel aviv has separated from some of its longtime allies in the un more and more countries are turning their back on decades of negotiations that have led nowhere what has changed has been the continual failure of the us controlled so-called peace process to lead to any kind...
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nations now we're also hearing criticism of some european ambassadors european diplomats warning that he would encourage certain moves against israel now we're also hearing from the un secretary-general ban ki moon to quote him he says that this has developed and almost fatal blow to the remaining chances of securing a two state solution amongst the punishment that the israeli government has taken is that they have frozen some one hundred million dollars in tax money that is welcome it's on behalf of the palestinian authority has built a painful blow to the p.a. because essentially can only cover around seventeen percent of its needs the rest of the money comes from this tax money comes from the united states from the european union if you look at the sick the population in this country they too also unhappy they do not believe that the israeli prime minister netanyahu will go ahead with building these units they believe that it's almost a cheap route by netanyahu to try and gain support ahead of january's elections and that this is an internal matter to try and really build votes the
nations now we're also hearing criticism of some european ambassadors european diplomats warning that he would encourage certain moves against israel now we're also hearing from the un secretary-general ban ki moon to quote him he says that this has developed and almost fatal blow to the remaining chances of securing a two state solution amongst the punishment that the israeli government has taken is that they have frozen some one hundred million dollars in tax money that is welcome it's on...
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lakhdar brahimi, as you know, replaced kofi annan as the united nations and arab league special envoy last summer when mr. annan left. he is trying desperately to try to put together some kind of a diplomatic game plan to put an end to the civil war in syria and to inspire a complete political transition. so this was his initiative to try to bring these two senior officials together. >> pelley: if we're at a crucial moment here, how much has the u.s. actively engage with opposition groups in syria and should it they be more engaged? >> the u.s. is actively engaged with the syrian opposition both inside syria or at least with contacts with group inside syria and with the external pop sigs as well. the united states played an important role in encouraging the opposition to form a new national coalition which does appear indeed to be quite representative of the opposition. >> brown: how much are we able to control the flow of arms and supplies inside? are we able to pick the good guys and the bad guys? the potential winners and losers? how much do we play a role there? >> i suspect, jeff
lakhdar brahimi, as you know, replaced kofi annan as the united nations and arab league special envoy last summer when mr. annan left. he is trying desperately to try to put together some kind of a diplomatic game plan to put an end to the civil war in syria and to inspire a complete political transition. so this was his initiative to try to bring these two senior officials together. >> pelley: if we're at a crucial moment here, how much has the u.s. actively engage with opposition groups...
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nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give the r.t. tel aviv. egypt's you prison court has postponed ruling on the legitimacy of the panel that drafted the country's new constitution after several thousand supporters of president morsi prevented the judges from entering the building morsi has set the date for a referendum on the charter fatigue a week's time and made harsh criticism from opponents who claim the draft undermines basic democratic freedoms artie's tom barton reports from cairo. unrest returns to the streets after the revolution that toppled hosni mubarak after the election that brought in mohamed morsi egypt is in turmoil once again these round the clock protests have been going on for over a week now it resembles early two thousand and eleven when hosni mubarak was removed from power but that was nearly two years ago shouldn't the revolution have ended by now the mood on top risk where became defiant again after last week's to cr
nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give the r.t. tel aviv. egypt's you prison court has postponed ruling on the legitimacy of the panel that drafted the country's new constitution after several thousand supporters of president morsi prevented the judges from entering the building morsi has set the date for a referendum on the charter fatigue a week's...
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also you are exporting revolution could be a ripening in the gulf numerous opposition groups are united in kuwait upgrading their reading to mrs on this response an avenue intended for the screw crowd to head. out of the british royal couple's joy of expecting their first baby is not by a shocking murder suicide for them every day a prank call with an anger public trumping down the media road. and this is all see coming to life for most co hello and welcome to the program in the time standoff between egypt's leader mohamed morsi and the thousands strong all they are his opponents it looks like the president could throw in the towel fuzzed morse's aides claim there is a high chance of one of the key opposition demands will be met that being a delay to an approaching referendum on a controversial islamic led constitution well this knob from cairo based reporter. the referendum for the experts abroad has been postponed until wednesday in addition the justice minister ahmed mackey said the president may see the referendum for spawn's here in egypt provided that the opposition forces open di
also you are exporting revolution could be a ripening in the gulf numerous opposition groups are united in kuwait upgrading their reading to mrs on this response an avenue intended for the screw crowd to head. out of the british royal couple's joy of expecting their first baby is not by a shocking murder suicide for them every day a prank call with an anger public trumping down the media road. and this is all see coming to life for most co hello and welcome to the program in the time standoff...
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nations which said this would be a failed blow to any future peace efforts. the secular general has made clear that. as we've repeatedly said settlements are illegal under international law and he has repeated his call on all concerned to resume negotiations and intensify efforts towards a comprehensive just and lasting peace and also in the interests of peace he said that any plans specifically for the. envelope must be rescinded. last week's un voted to upgrade a palestinian minister ations diplomatic status bringing it a step closer to achieving full in the pants meanwhile thousands of people in gaza joint operations marking the twenty fifth anniversary of hamas the leader of the. vowed to liberate palestine inch by inch call for arab countries to keep on defining israel national affairs expert. says the israeli government trying to score political points before next month's parliamentary elections. netanyahu is scoring domestic points and he's definitely positioning this. as a bid for victory in january was risking the loss of even those kinds of views yo
nations which said this would be a failed blow to any future peace efforts. the secular general has made clear that. as we've repeatedly said settlements are illegal under international law and he has repeated his call on all concerned to resume negotiations and intensify efforts towards a comprehensive just and lasting peace and also in the interests of peace he said that any plans specifically for the. envelope must be rescinded. last week's un voted to upgrade a palestinian minister ations...
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united nations, and she was one of the great un ambassadors. she served as a member of ronald reagan's cabinet. ambassador kirkpatrick was awarded the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. we are honored to have known jeane kirkpatrick how to have worked with her and learned from our, and we continue to honor her legacy an example. to that end, it is particularly gratifying for me to present the first award named in her many -- named in her memory and her honor to senators lieberman and kyl. [applause] senator lieberman, i have had the privilege of knowing you send your first elected to the u.s. senate about 1/4 of a century ago. i was a reporter for the new york times back then, and i had the great privilege of covering senator lieberman, senator daniel patrick moynihan, and senator bill bradley. and i have to tell you, i have a lot of fun. that was a great job to have. over the years you have worked consistently to expand the reach of freedom at home and abroad. you became a distinguished adviser to this organiza
united nations, and she was one of the great un ambassadors. she served as a member of ronald reagan's cabinet. ambassador kirkpatrick was awarded the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. we are honored to have known jeane kirkpatrick how to have worked with her and learned from our, and we continue to honor her legacy an example. to that end, it is particularly gratifying for me to present the first award named in her many -- named in her memory and her honor to...
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at the same time the secretary general of the united nations says he also is pressing syria not to use chemical weapons. >> i'm just very much concerned, and i have warned that in any case if chemical weapons is used then they will have to be put to justice and create serious consequences to those people. >> reporter: if president bashar al-assad were to leave the country it would create an immediate problem with who would take over and a secondary problem of who would control the chemical weapons. jon. jon: it is one thing to load seran gas into shells and so forth, it's quite another thing to use them. what does the pentagon say are the chances that bashar al-assad will use the gas in. >> that is the big question. they really don't know here. we know that the saran gas has been put into canisters that can be dropped from planes and they are designed to fracture, to break apart and let that dangerous next rve gas, saran gases scape. one source tells fox, we think they have it in ara sol form, have the gas in ara sol form. one fox news military analyst says it's not out of the realm of
at the same time the secretary general of the united nations says he also is pressing syria not to use chemical weapons. >> i'm just very much concerned, and i have warned that in any case if chemical weapons is used then they will have to be put to justice and create serious consequences to those people. >> reporter: if president bashar al-assad were to leave the country it would create an immediate problem with who would take over and a secondary problem of who would control the...
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>> shepard: jonathan hunt wrapping our coverage from the united nations. well, 28 days to go until tax cuts expire for most americans if president obama and congress can't cut a deal to keep us from going off the fiscal cliff. the president says the latest republic offer is out of balance because it extends tax cuts on income of above $250,000. g.o.p. leaders claim they can raise revenue without raising rates by closing loopholes and limiting deductions. but the white house says it's about the rates. ed henry is at the white house tonight. the president claims the republic math does not add up. >> that's right, shep. he met with the nation's governors today. he said behind closed doors that there is a lot at stake not just for the national economy but state by state. some of their budgets could take a major hit if, in fact, the nation goes off the so-called fiscal cliff. his spokesman jay carney was even tougher in going after speaker john boehner's latest proposal in saying it simply doesn't add up. >> we don't know who pays. we don't know what we're talk
>> shepard: jonathan hunt wrapping our coverage from the united nations. well, 28 days to go until tax cuts expire for most americans if president obama and congress can't cut a deal to keep us from going off the fiscal cliff. the president says the latest republic offer is out of balance because it extends tax cuts on income of above $250,000. g.o.p. leaders claim they can raise revenue without raising rates by closing loopholes and limiting deductions. but the white house says it's...
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we are urging the united states to formally recognize the national coalition is the sole legitimate representative of the syrian people. we are working very hard with the leadership of the coalition to make adjustments to perhaps introduce quotas as a temporary measure to make sure we are adequately represented at the syrian society and we want to push forward to begin assuming functions of this state is supporting the local councils that are cropping up. >> okay. we need to go in q&a. one quick thing before we start but i hope it's some point in this day someone will address the question of, how you mention the hope that some remnant to see would be involved in an effort to coalesce from government. .. excellent description ever what at least that body would like to see the united states stand for with regard to syria. perhaps i'd like to comment the panelists to see what the bipartisan unanimous measure might add to the clarity of the u.s. vision at blueprint for what we want to see next presending from all the shall we say tactical and diplomatic and other considerationings we have been discuss
we are urging the united states to formally recognize the national coalition is the sole legitimate representative of the syrian people. we are working very hard with the leadership of the coalition to make adjustments to perhaps introduce quotas as a temporary measure to make sure we are adequately represented at the syrian society and we want to push forward to begin assuming functions of this state is supporting the local councils that are cropping up. >> okay. we need to go in...
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she met with her russian counterpart and the united nations special envoy to syria over how to stop the violence that has killed more than 40,000. russia has blocked u.n. security council efforts to remove the syrian president. that did not stop secretary clinton from saying any plan for syria's future must not involve the man with the blood of so many of his men, women and children. >> the issue stands with the syrian people in insisting that any transition process result in a unifyied democrat syria in which all citizens are represented, a future of this kind cannot possibly we include assad. >> this comes amid reports the syrians have mixed components for the deadly chemical weapon sarin gas. the obama administration has repeatedly wanted if president bashar al-assad of syria uses those weapons there will be consequences. and conor is in the middle east bureau but, first, jennifer, anything to lead us to believe there should be hope following the meeting with secretary of state, hillary clinton? >>reporter: initial assessments are downbeat about resolving the conflict. secretary clin
she met with her russian counterpart and the united nations special envoy to syria over how to stop the violence that has killed more than 40,000. russia has blocked u.n. security council efforts to remove the syrian president. that did not stop secretary clinton from saying any plan for syria's future must not involve the man with the blood of so many of his men, women and children. >> the issue stands with the syrian people in insisting that any transition process result in a unifyied...
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nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give policy r.t. tel aviv. egyptians are supposed to decide on their new constitution in two weeks but if this week is anything to go by it won't be easy there was widespread anger as the president granted himself sweeping new powers the supreme court judges couldn't rule on that just in a sea of the draft charter after supporters of mohamed morsi stop them getting into the chamber where the court has now suspended its work indefinitely in protest what is tom barton is and kyra. unrest returns to the streets after the revolution that toppled hosni mubarak after the election that brought in mohamed morsi egypt is in turmoil once again these round the clock protests have been going on for over a week now it resembles early two thousand and eleven when hosni mubarak was removed from power but that was nearly two years ago shouldn't the revolution have ended by now the mood on top risk where became defiant agai
nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give policy r.t. tel aviv. egyptians are supposed to decide on their new constitution in two weeks but if this week is anything to go by it won't be easy there was widespread anger as the president granted himself sweeping new powers the supreme court judges couldn't rule on that just in a sea of the draft charter...
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. >> i see that happening because i dealt with them at the united nations. if russia supports stronger sanctions in the security council, i think assad is gone, and that's the best way we should go. >> sean: andy, i'm looking at the emerge general generals ofen style theocracy. >> it's no longer a theory, it's a fact. look at the draft substitution which is the whole reason for morsi's move. he's trying to protect the constituent assembly and that substitution because it's the framework for sharia. > >> sean: how could he have been so wrong on egypt? >> wishful thinking or he knew it and thought it wasn't going to be so bad. i don't want to read his mind. it's a catastrophe. >> sean: governor, always a pleasure, andy, good to see you. >>> nbc news should be ashamed of themselves. this is happening almost on a regular basis. they pulled the race card again. >>> mtv is all about shock value. is the teen network now pushed the envelope too far? they've got a new show called buck wild. it's caught the ire of law makers. we'll preview that for you. are they putti
. >> i see that happening because i dealt with them at the united nations. if russia supports stronger sanctions in the security council, i think assad is gone, and that's the best way we should go. >> sean: andy, i'm looking at the emerge general generals ofen style theocracy. >> it's no longer a theory, it's a fact. look at the draft substitution which is the whole reason for morsi's move. he's trying to protect the constituent assembly and that substitution because it's the...
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united that last rebel drawing president assad in dismissing washington's chemical weapons appears the media gave us while lead to us invasion of believe if it's poised on syria's. hand one step forward one step by just on the american side that sloshes a cold war era law limiting trade with russia it approves of these about certain russian officials provoking a promise of a similar move from moscow. international news live from moscow this is our she with me our thanks for joining us along anticipated state address by egypt's president morsi has failed to silence the angry voices on the streets of cairo protesters claim his still ignore state key demands by vowing to push on with a referendum on an islamist led constitution more on that from cairo based reporter about true and she joins us live right now it was a morse's first speech since the uprising started around two weeks ago how did he explain his refusal to make concessions. president mohamed morsi basically stuck by his decisions you said in his speech he said this is the concert the constitution that duration which is very co
united that last rebel drawing president assad in dismissing washington's chemical weapons appears the media gave us while lead to us invasion of believe if it's poised on syria's. hand one step forward one step by just on the american side that sloshes a cold war era law limiting trade with russia it approves of these about certain russian officials provoking a promise of a similar move from moscow. international news live from moscow this is our she with me our thanks for joining us along...
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nations. more meetings, more talking. sad to report no real solution today and that pretty much sums up the fiscal cliff negotiations. i feel like a broken record. here we go again on the countdown. day 26. got another 24 hours closer to the edge of the fiscal cliff which is why we have our eyes on the white house press briefing. got a live picture ready for you so we don't miss anything. for what it's worth, president obama and house speaker boehner are talking. they had a nice telephone conversation. that's terrific. the first time in a week but apparently that's the headline. that's the editorial body. not much came out of it that we know of. sources say no real breakthrough. no formal negotiations. sessions are not scheduled. no back channel discussions taking place that anybody knows about at this time and as we wait for the white house briefing to begin, let's bring in wolf blitzer on this topic. there are a couple of polls that are very telling about how americans feel about congress an
nations. more meetings, more talking. sad to report no real solution today and that pretty much sums up the fiscal cliff negotiations. i feel like a broken record. here we go again on the countdown. day 26. got another 24 hours closer to the edge of the fiscal cliff which is why we have our eyes on the white house press briefing. got a live picture ready for you so we don't miss anything. for what it's worth, president obama and house speaker boehner are talking. they had a nice telephone...